# The Beam: Week 41, 2026 | Lighthouse

> This week on The Beam: stealth founders including Ben De Smet and JJ Velaz, plus newly launched Dopin, Senni, and Refractive, sourced with Lighthouse.

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# The Beam: Week 41, 2026

This week's edition of The Beam: fresh stealth founders and newly launched companies surfaced from the Lighthouse platform.
Jacopo Bonfiglio - Co-founder @ Lighthouse

Welcome to this week's edition of The Beam by Lighthouse, fresh stealth founders and newly launched companies from our platform.

## Stealth Founders

Ben De Smet Belgium

Experience: Building. Education: The Wharton School.
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bendesmet1/)

JJ Velaz Spain

Experience: Stealth AI Startup. Education: Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jj-velaz-046a7151/)

Jano B. Germany

Experience: Product marketing, go-to-market and strategy expert. Former Google, YouTube & Microsoft. Education: BI Norwegian Business School.
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jano/)

## Newly Launched Companies

[Dopin](https://dopin.ai) Spain

AI that automates the work around your ERP.
[Website](https://dopin.ai)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dopinai/)

[Senni](https://senni.io) United Kingdom

The safe way for FIs to use AI.
[Website](https://senni.io)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/senni-io/)

[Refractive](https://refractivecompany.com) Denmark

From fire fuel to biofuel, and far beyond. A deep tech gamechanger.
[Website](https://refractivecompany.com)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/refractivecompany/)

These signals were surfaced automatically with Lighthouse, the AI-native platform for sourcing and tracking the companies you care about.

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